New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1923, Page 11

[+ TRAIN SERVICE 1§ HAMPERED BY FLOOD (Continued from First Page) track on the Bristol branch was under water today and there were numerous washouts on the main line of the ‘White mountain division south of Plymouth, A mudslide from a steep bank cov- ered the tracks of the southern divi- slon between Franklin and East And- over, Rivers On Rampage. Boston, April 80,—The rivers of northern New England, swollen by the heavy rains of the last two days are on a rampage, Several dams have been swept away, bridges dam- aged and long stretches of railroad track washed out and many higl ways are under water, Trains have been cancelled on sev- eral divisions of the Maine Central rallroad and portions of the Boston and Maine system. Great log drives breaking their booms have heen swept away. Conn, River Rising. Springfleld, Mass, April 30.—Ris- ing three feet in the last 15 hours the Connecticut river here reached a height of 14 feet above mean low water at noon today. The level reached during the high water of early April was less than two feet higher than this. That the rise likely to be of short duration is in- dicated by the fact that it is already falling at points further north. Flood warnings have been sent out by the weather bureau at Hartford, CAN'T ENFORGE DRY LAW ON THE OCEAN (Continued From First Page). agreed that American ships cannot have aboard intoxicating liquors with- in American territorial waters, but be. lieved the prohibition should not ap- ply to foreign ships. The majority opidion held that the - words “transportation’” and “importa- tion” as used in prohibition legisla- tion are to be taken in their ordinary sense. Transportation is held to be carrying from one locality to another, it added, and it is not necessary that the transfer of possession or title should be contemplated. In that connection the court ob- served that one cannot carry liquor in his own automobile for his own use. Importation consists, the court said, of bringing a commodity into the country from the outside entrance through a customs house not being necessary to' constitute importation in Plan Liquor Business, New York, April 30.—Officials of American and foreign steamship com- panies went into a hasty conference at the offices of the Cunard line this safternoon to devise a plan for the holding of maritime liquor business under the supreme court ruling. Chamher of Commerce Directors to Mark Point Where Traffic Turns Towards New Britain, - A large sign board pointing the way to New Britain will be erected at the corner of Berlin street and Farming- ton avenue, Derlin, according to ac- tion taken at a meeting of the direc- tors of the Chamber of Commerce at noon today. Plans for.the joint smoker with the Lions and Rotary club Wednesday €vening were discussed, . H. Cooper, E. W. Pelton, T.. A Sprague and B. Parsons were ap- pointed directors of the United Com- | munity corporation for two years and | Joseph I*, Lamb for one year, | Firemen Put Out Blaze In Visiting Nurse' Auto Engine Co. No. 3 was called out on a still alarm at 10:30 o'clock this morning to extinguish a blaze in an automobile owned by the Visiting Nurse assoclation and which was parked at the corner of North street and Hartford avenue. YACHT IS WRECKED, New London, April 30.—The power yacht Thelma Phoebe is fast break- ing up near Chalmount, Fisher's Js- land, where she grounded in yester- day morning's storm and only 100 of the 2,000 cases of liquor in her cargo have been salvaged. The body of Rob- erts, her negro cook, lost in trying to reach shore on a mattress, has not been recovered. The other seven men ot the créew are at Fisher's Island in custody of Inspector of Customs Jere- miah Dillon of this city. TO RECOVER $855.79 n the court of common pleas, Hartford, Judge Dickinson has decid- ed in favor of the Fiske Tire Co., Inc. of Hartford in its suit against Charles . McCarthy of New Britain for the recovery of $855.79. WILL RESUME WORK. Hazleton, Pa., April 30.—The 1,600 mine workers of the' Jeddo Highland Coal Co., remained away from work | today in protest against the refusal of the company to advance the hour for paying the men from 3:30 p. m. 0 2 p. m. Work will be resumed. SOW SEED BY PLANE, ‘Washington, April 30.-—Forestation of hitherto inaccessible ~mountain reas in Hawaii has been successfully begun by the sowing of seed by army viators over an area of eight square iles. A report received todauy by he war department from Major Gen. harles P, Summerall, commanding he Hawailan department said {the ew venture revealed possibilities of great naval value. FLOOD LOSS 'I.M0.0MD.: Fredericton, N. B, April 30-—~8pring oods the worst experienced in the province since 1887 today had caused Hamage estimated at more than $1,- 100,000 with conditions steadily be- poming more serious. is! ALCOHOLIC INSANITY I8 INCREASING IN NEW YORK Steady Decrease in Hospital Admis- sions From 1010 Interrupted Since 1920 New York, April 80,—~While admis- slons to state hospitals of persona suf- fering from mental diseases due to al- cohol decreased from 583 in 1910 to 226 Jast year, according to the report of the state hospital commission made public yesterday, there has been a steady Increase in alcoholic cases from the low mark of 122 in 1920, Drugs are nét a promjnent cause of mental disease, the report states, only twenty-six drug cf being listed among the 7,016 patients ' admitted last year, Venereal disease, responsi- ble for 12 per cent of all admissions in 1922, is the greatest single cause of mental abnormality, according to the commissioners, Dr. C. Floyd Haviland, Arlelgh D. Richardson and Harriet May Mills, Unpaild balances due the state of more than $17,000,000 weer uncovered by the commission in an investigation to determine the cost of alien patients in state hospltals from 1882 to 1921, T'he attorney general, the report de- clares, has applied to congress for authority to present the claims of the state to the United Btates Court of Claims, The number of ex-service men in state hospitals increased from 590 in 1921 to 641 in 1922, more than half | of them suffering from chronic mental disease. At the close of the fiscal year 1,190 ex-service patients re- mained on the books. 'STEPS TAKEN 10 ELIMINATE DANGEROUS TRAFFLC POINT merican Hardware Corp. Willing to Allow City to Cut Away Land | | | For Street Improvement. Mayor A. M. Paonessa, City Engin- | eer Joseph D. Willlams, Chairman T. | W. Crowe of the board of publi¢ | works and Vice President George T. Kimball of the American Hardware ‘corpomtion conferred this morning relative to the proposed cutting away of the southeast corner of Main street |and Franklin square, to relleve traf- ! fic congestion at this point. | If part of the corner is cut away, | traffic going south on Elm street can cross into Franklin square without | turning two corners as 1s necessary at | present, Some time ago Mr. Kimball !told the mayor that he feit the American Hardware corporation | would be willing to give the city a | part of its land for this purpose. | City Engineer Willlams will draw | sketches of the proposed | will then be submitted to the directors | of the corporation for action. | - CARLSON HEARING TUESDAY | Alleged Wife Murderer Will Be Pre- sented in Court Tomorrow Mur‘nhg —May Walive Examination. John A. Carlson, alleged murderer of his wife, Mrs, Gerda Nelson Carl- son, will be given a hearing before {Judge George W. Klett in police court tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. | Carlson was arralgned in police court | last Iriday morning following his al- leged confession to the New Britain | police on Thursday afternoon. He was [reprcnon(nd by Attorney P. F. Mc- Donough who asked for a continu- i‘anre of the case until tomorrow morn- |ing. Counsel for the ‘accused will | probably waive examination, it is sald. | |Tax Collector Loomis Is Host to More Than 600 | | | | | cut which | Saturday was one of the busiest NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 80, 1923, Ci_ty Items Phenix lodge, 1, O, O, F,, will meet tomorrow evening to confer the third degree on a class of candidates, May Vietor Records out, at Morans', ~advt, Incorporators of the Junior Achlevement foundation will meet at the New Britain club this evening at 0:30 o'clock to draw up by laws and elect officers, O, H. Benson of Spring- fleld will be present and will speak, Open alleys at the Casino tonight, ~advt, The Luther league of the First Lutheran church will visit the Luther league of the West Haven Lutheran church tomorrow evening. The New Britain league will furnish the pro- gram and entertainment. About 80 will be in attendance, Those intend- ing to go will meet in front of the church at 6 o'clock, daylight saving time, Victor May Records out at hlorlns'. —advt, Howard Ream of 332 Chestnut street has entered the Hartford hos- pital, “Anchor Brand" show and dance, Y. W, C, A, May 4. Tickets on sale. —advt, The degree team of Comstock En- campment will go to Bristol Tuesday evening and work the Royal Purple degree for E. L. Dunbar Encamp- [ ment, Autos will leave Ripple's store, Walnut street, at 7 o'clock. University Lancers, orchestra rec- ord, No, 35728, C. L. Plerce & Co.— advt, §t. Jean Baptiste Bazaar, 34 Church St., tonight. Dancing—advt. Alex Kucinkas of 86 Rhode street was arrested this morning by Polic man Peter Cabelus for assaulting his wife. He will be arraigned in police court tomorrow morning. Open alleys at the Casino tonight. -—advt. The police have been notified, that the operator's license of Edward Hor- witz of 818 North street has been re- turned. } Ticket exchange at Crowell's Tues. eve, May 1, 7 o'clock for Choral so- | ciety concert.—advt. Miss Mary Leghorn of 1450 Stanley street underwent an operation for ap- pendicitis at 8t. Francis hospital in Hartford Saturday night. She was re- ported as resting comfortably today. The New Bfitain traffic bureau will meet tomorrow at noon. We are showing a few choice May baskets. McEnroe's, West Main St.— John Bonol and Miss Mildred Muse, both of 53 Beaver street, were grant- ed a marriage license this morning. Isadore Jakubawski of 53 Broad street was arrested this afternoon by Policeman Patrick O'Mara and Peter Cabelus for assauiting his wife. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rittner of this city died last night at 9:45 o'clock at the New Brit- ain General hospital. \JILTED NEGRO A SUICIDE '~ AFTER SHOOTING AT GIRL Turns Weapon on Himself, Leaps Five Storles As " Detectives Arrive New York, April 30.—~Unable to get Florence Simms, twenty-four, a ne- gress, of 21 West 137th street, to marry him, Edwin S8amuels, forty-one, of 108 West 144th street, went to her |home yesterday afternoon and after | firing three shots at her without ef- fect shot himself in the heart, then jumped from the window of the apart- ment on the fitth floor to the yard below. He was dead when Dr. Car- |ney arrived from Harlem hospital. Miss 8imms fled from the apartment when Samuels opened fire, locked the door and telephone the West 135th | street police station, and Detectives Boyle and Nelson hurried to the scene, The detectives saw the negro at the window. Nelson ran to the roof and |started down the fire escape; Boyle |started up from the fourth floor fire escape. “'Goodby, fellows,” cried Samuels, and leaped before the detectives could reach him. Then Beaths John F. Hennesscy Word has been recelved here of the death of John F. Hennessey, which occurred Saturday night at Provi- dence, R, 1. Mr, Hennessey was a former resident of Willimantic, and was a brother of the late Timothy Hennessey of this city, He has sev- eral relatives here, Mrs, Margaget Smith Riecker, Mrs, Margaret Smith Riecker, 64 years old, of 38 Fairview street, died Sunday evening, after a short iliness of pneumonia. B8he {s survived by two brothers, Bamuel J. Smith of New Britain and Thomas J. Smith of Bpringfield, Mass,, one sidter Catherine Smith of Springfield, two nieces May Queenin, and one nephew Raymond J. Queenin, all of this city, The funeral will be held WALL STREET STOCK ECHANGE REPORTS steadily throughout most of the during the morning. Sugar and ofl shares were susceptible to bear pres- sure losses of 1 to 2 points common, High Bt Sug ... 42 Can ....... 96% Cr & Fdy..176% Cot 01l 109 Loco o134 % 8m & Re.. 62% Sg Rf em.. 79 Sum Tob .. 20 Tel & Tel..123 Low Close 42 42 90 90% 172% 172% 10— 1808 6035 % 28 122% Me Tp & § F..1017% from 8t. Joseph's church Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Irene Robertson Moore Mrs, Irene Robertson Moore, aged 79 years, died this morning at the home .of her daughter, Mre, Clifton McKenna, of 4 Golf street, Maple Hill. The funeral will be held tomor- row afternoon at 3 o'clock. Services will be conducted at the home by Rev. Tillman B. Johnson, pastor of Salem Baptist church, New Rochelle, N, Y. Interment will be in Cypress Hill cemetery, Brooklyn, Funerals Miss Rose Clark The funeral of Miss Rose Clark was held this morning at 8:45 o'clock from the Tarrant & Haffey undertak- ing parlors on Myrtle street and at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's church. Rev. Raymond Clabby officiated at the church and at the grave. The pall- bearers were Joseph Slattery of Hart- ford, Joseph Pelletier of Hartford, | Willlam Nulty and Thomas Clark of | New Britain. Interment was in St. Mary's cemetery, Mrs. H. L. Weed The funeral of the late Mrs. Henry L. Weed was held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Services were conducted at the B. C. Porter funeral parlors on Court street, Rev. Harry 8. Landis of- ficiating. Burlal was in Granby, TIME TANGLE IN N. E. EBay State Changes Clocks Officially— Optional Elsewhere Except n New Hampshire. Boston, April 30.—When Massachu- setts clocks were set ahead one hour at 2 o'clock yesterday morning the other New England states remained aloof from the "summer time” move- ment. The majority of New England states left the cities and towns to do as they wished in the matter of day- | light saving, but one, New Hampshire, resolutely opposed tampering with the clock and sought to impose a fine on offending municipalities, By legislative enactment summer time will be observed in this state un- til September 30 next. The New| Hampshire house last week adnptedf a resolution providing for a fine not to | exceed $500 for the city or town| adopting daylight saving. The senate| has still to pass on the resolution. | Maine, Vermont and Rhode Islapd have left their municipalities free to| act as they choose in the matter of| time. 1 One Maine city, Biddeford, will| operate on {wo time schedules. After| the industrial plants of the city had| decided on daylight saving the citi.| zens at a special election voted to re-| tain standard time for schools and all other activities under control of the' At Gulf & W I, 23y Baldwin Loco ..137% Baltl & Ohlo .. 31% Beth Steel B ... 633 Consol Tex L 11% Can Pacific ....154% Cen Leather ... 83% Ches & Ohlo .. 68% Chi Mil & 8 P, 22% Chl Rek I & P, 32% Chile Copper .. 27% Chino Copper 26% Conso! Gas .... 67% Corn Prod Ref. 132 Crucible Steel . 78 Cuba Cane Bugar 16 Endicott-John .. 71 Erie 18t pfd ... 18 Gen Electric ...178 Gen oMtors .... 17% Goodrick BF ... 36 Gt North ptd .. 13 Insp Copper . 3Ty Int Mer Mar pfd 85 Allis-Chalmers . 45% Pacific Ofl 387 Int Nickel . 14% Int Paper ..... 46 Kelly Bpring T'r 57% Kennecott Cop.. 38% l.ehigh Val ..., 63% Mid States Oil.. 113 Midvale Steel 313 Mis Pac ... 16 N Y Cen ...... 93% NYNHG&H.. 18% Norf & West ..100% oo T4Y 26% 72 45% 11% 15 765 6114 49% Penn R R Pierce Arrow Ray Con Cop .. Reading . Rep I & § .... |Royal D, N Y .. {Sinclair Oil Ref 327 |South Pacific .. 903 |South Rail .... 33% Studebaker Co 122 Texas Co .. 41Y% Texas & Pacific 24% Tobacco Prod .. 817% Transcon Oil .. 9% Union Pacific .. 137% United Fruit .. 170 {United Re Bt .. 807% U 8 Indus Alco 64% U S Rubber Co 60 U S Steel . 514 xU S Steel pfc Utah Copper .. Willys Overland Guly States Steel 94% National Lead 126% x—Extra dividend 103 118 L 118% 67% 7% (Putnam & Co.) Bid 175 ORI 40 Asked 785 50 153 13 18 14 29 Aetna Life Ins Am Hardware Am Hosiery ... Bige?Hfd Cpt com .....147 Bills & Spencer com 9 Bills & Spencer pfd .... 14 Bristol Brass o 12 Colt's Arms ... vees 28 Conn Lt & Pow pfd ...112 Eugle Lock . 76 Fafoir Bearing .. Hart and Cooley Hfd Elec Lt Landers, ¥ .. J R Montgomery com .. days in the history of personal tax | collections, more than 600 having| |called at the office of Collector Ber- | | nadotte Loomis to pay their as- 130 CHICKENS BURNED April, more than $7,000 was collected | Barn on Hunter Road, Used as Coop, in personal taxes and about $13,000 | in property taxes, ! Is Destroyed by Fire Early This NELSON es Howme, | iorning. | | About 150 chickens were burned to| Held | death and a small barn, used as a There, Probably on Friday, | chicken coop, was destroyed in an | early morning blaze at the home of Harrisburg, Pa., April 30.—The pomas Dadty on Hunter road. En- body of United States Senator Knute gine Cos. No. 3 and No. 4 answered | Nelson of Minnesota, who died sud-| 4, alarm from Box 337. | 1xlvl1ly on a Pennsylvania raiiroad | train near York, Pa, Saturday night| | while on the way from Washington to | his home in Alexandria, Minn,, | here yesterd ! From there | Paul and then to Alexandria, tthe funeral wiil be held, BODY GO Senator's Funeral Will Be BIG STORM, SMALL DAMAGE Slight damage was done by the N, 1eft |y eavy vainfall over the week end, the ay afternoon for Chicago. | pogt gerious damage being reported it will be taken to St.|g¢ tne ice house.conducted by John| where | Goragosian on East street, where the | probably | wind blew off part of the roof and | Friday. {knocked down one wall of the frame | . The body was accompanied from |gtrycture, Several limbs of trees were | Harrisburg by Simon Michelet, sec-|pjown off and were removed by Street | retary to Senator Nelson, and George |gyperintendent Joseph Scheidel. The ;W. Wells Jr,, of 8t. Paul, Minnesota, | rainfall at Shuttle Meadow was re- state' insurance commissioner, Who | ported to be 2% inches. was on the sleeping car in which the | senator was stricken. | | The senator's sudden death was An unprecedented rush to license | due to heart trouble, brought on, ac-| dcgs before the close of business to- cording' to physicians, by grip and morrow and thereby avoid the pay- colds from which he had suffered | ment of a $1 penalty, made he office during the winter and by weaknesses| of City Clerk A. L. Thompson at city of his age. He was 80 years old, hall one of the busiest offices in the | city today. The law provides that a | $1 fine shall be taxed on all licenses fesued after the first day of May.| |gen, American pro golf star who holds | Present indications are that leverali {the British open championship, was|hundred more dogs will be licensed | married today to Mrs. Edna Crosby | this year than last. [ Straus of West Long Branch, N. J.| They will sall tomorrow on the Aqui- |tania for Great Britain. Hagen will |defend his title in the British open championship in June at Troon, Scotland. RUSH TO LICENSE DOGS. WALTER HAG WEDS, New York, April 30.—Walter Ha- REAL DANCE HOUNDS, | Baltimore, April 30.—Eight dancers |in an endurance contest here claimed |at 8:30 o'clock this morning to have lequalled the 182 hour mark set at | Youngstown, O., last Saturday despite | interference’ by the police which; WANT TO END LEGISLATURE, | daylight saving. | republican, for three year terms on|Kingstown. city. |J R Montgomery pfd ,.108 In Maine each city and town will!N B Gas . 36 decide the question for itself. Ver-|N B Machine mont as a whole favors standard time, [N B Machine pfd . but some of the cities have adopted Niles-Be-Pond com In Rhode Island the|North and Judd leading cities and all but 10 of the| Peck, Stow towns have adopted summer time. | Russell Mfg REAPPOINTS COMMISSIONERS 3557« I8N E Tel 185 130 165 62 29 1914 20 Standard Screw Stanley Works - Stanley Works pfd Mayor Puonessa Names Members ""Torr&ngton Co com . Official Families to Posts They Have | [18ut and Hine Travelers Ins Co il.'nlon Msg Co .. Held For Past Year, 46 Mayor A. M. Paonessa made an-| TODAY'S TREASURY REPORT. nouncement today of the following re-| .. . . anse " appointment to commissiones: . “L‘ Et -“E‘Ai‘” Af“}i‘j_‘}_’ji“'sm"m‘ Louis A, Oldershaw, republican and " — - v Martin H. Kinney, democrat, to the| e board of public works for three year New York, April 30.—The Ahmeke terms; James . O'Connor, democrat, Mining Co., today increased its quar- and Edwin Lasher, republican, to the |terly dividend from $1 to §$1.50. board of compensation and assess- ment for three year terms; James Coyle and,Willlam T, O'Brien, demo- | crats, and Boleslaw Myslliswiecz, re-|the Irish labor agitator, who landed | publican, for two year terms on the|in England last week after being de- board of _public charities; Dr. Joseph|ported from the United States as an Walsh, democrat and Dr. M. 8. Dunne, | yndesirable alien, arrived today at| He was cheered by a the health board; B. W. Hawley, re- crowd at the pier. publican, and W. . Delaney, demo- | crat, for three year terms on the park | COURT RECESSES NEXT WEEK ekl Lk | Washington, April 30.—The su- James J. Naughton is reported to 1 Monday e preme court after sitting next Monday he one of the mayors preferences for /.y vor opinions and to receive mo- @ place on the public amusements' o Py v ! v tions will recess until May 21. It \\I!l‘ bl blg R 1) v””‘ht*m' no arguments in any case dur- accept, it {8 expected that he will be . 3 { named in the course of a day or l\\'o,‘lmr the remainder nf_tl\e pr(:!(‘nt term e of this week. | Tt appointed, he will fill out the unex- |after the close of pired term of Willlam Hopkins, re- SUGAR DOW ARAD § signed. Boston, April 30.—While Mayor DISTURBER F1 815 | Curley was calling on the public to | ycott on sugar until Bridgeport, April 30.—Henry Maut- impose a rigid boycot 3 ner, Mg. l:ai Nevr York, who objected | the price should drop and Governor to Count Laszio Szechenyi, Hungarian | Cox was saying that his family was ambassador to the United States| buying sugar only on a hand to mouth bringing to Bridgeport the grenfing,‘hfl!l! the price at wholesale dropped LARKIN IN IRELAND Dublin, Aprit 30.— James Larkin, | 1-20 of one cent a pound here today. Springfleld, 111, April 30.—An ef- fort to terminate the present session of the Tllinois legislature which is de- clared to be “attacking practically every igdustry In the state” has been launched by the Illinols Manufactur- ers' association. BODY IDZNTIFIED. Kent, Conn., Aovril 30.—~A man's body found in the Housatonie river here today was identified as that of Fred Carter, 19, who had been missing from his home for three weeks. obliged the contestants to go to anoth- er hall outside. city limits. They were transferred in motor trucks shuffling | about in the machines as they rode. Returning to the fourth regiment army early today the eight—five men, and three women-—were still dancing at noon. WIFE MISSING FROM HOME. Joseph Koupta of 10 Gold street| reported to the police department to- of the Hungarian republic and who started ‘a disturbance yesterday when| the count was addressing an audience here was fined $15 with costs today by Judge Boardman in the city court. ' | WATERBURY OFFICIAL DIES. [ Waterbury, April 30.—George E.| Carroll, 82, commissioner of the board of health, died early today at St, Mary’s hospital after an illness of some months. He was treasurer of D. day that his wife left home last Fri- day and has not returned since, E. Carroll & Co., commission mer- chants in produce. Retall dealers charging from 11 to| 12 cents a pound said they did not| see how they could make any reduc-| tions yet, GEN. O'DUFFY IN NEW YORK. New York, April 30.—Gen. Owen O'Dufty, chief commissioner of the Irish Free State civic guard whish | copes with Ireland's civil crimes, ar-| rived on the Cedric today to attend| the international police conference which opens here this afternoon. | ‘Wall Btreet, Noon-—Prices sagged et being PUTNAM & Mombers Hartford Stock Exchange (Successors to Richter & Co.) Stanley E. Eddy, Manager 31 West Main St,, Tel, 3040 JUDD & CO. Members New York Stock Exchange MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE HARTFORD: Hartford - Conn, Trust Bldg., Tel. 8-6320 NEW BRITAIN: 23 West Main St., Tel. 1815, We Offer— 200 Shares Traut & Hine Price On Application [ T R T T R Thomson, NEW BRITAIN New Britain National Bank Bldg. Telephone 2580 RSP HARTFORD 10 Central Row Telephone 2-4141 Membors Members Hartford Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Donald R. Hart, Manager COLT’S ARMS HART & COOLEY AMERICAN HARDWARE FAFNIR BEARING LANDERS NORTH & JUDD STANDARD SCREW TORRINGTON We Do Not Accept Margin Accounts JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidatod Stock Exchauge of New York Waterbury STOCKS. Bridgeport Danb: iddlety BONDS New Haven Middletown Direct Private Wire to New York. G. F. GROFF, Mgr~—Room 509, N. B. Nat'l Bank Bldg.—Tel. 1013 P T N R | T TR WY IR TR ¥ Fire destroyed five of & fleet of wooden ships being transfer- red up the Potomac from the shipping board base in the James river, A Marine Corps aviator snapped this picture and marines from Quantico helped save other vessels. HAVE YOU MISSED YOUR CALLING? For several months we have been calling to minds dormant in the knowledge of surrounding possibilities. We never get tired and will continue to call. So many have heard us that they will not miss our calling, be- cause of our usefulness. Can’t you guess what we are? It is said that “bread is the staff of life” and it is equal- ly well known that we are indispensable, We are hundreds of Classified Ads in this paper that are offering hundreds of opportunities. Thank you And now that you have heard us why GET THE HABIT— 925 for listening. not make use of our service. READ US! Phone